Tally-box.



E. K. HUD.

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APPLIoATIoN FILED Dnc. 4, 190e.

909, 1 85. l Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

ERNEST K. HOOD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO CHESTER BRADFORD,OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

TALLY-B OX.

Application filed December 4, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST II. Hoon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State oll Indiana,have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Tally Boxes, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

The object of my present invention is to produce an improved tally orcounter. This is (of course) ada ted to a variety or" uses, but I haveespecia y designed it for use with a grain elevator and weigher, such asis commonly attached to a threshing machine.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar reference characters reifer to similar parts,Figure l is a side elevation of a grain elevator' and weigher as itappears when mounted upon a threshing machine (of which a fragment isshown), said elevator and weigher being equipped with one of my improvedcounters or registers; Fig. 2 a iront elevation of such a counter orregister, on an enlarged scale, a portion oi the iront wall being brokenaway to show the parts beneath; Fig. 3, a central vertical sectionalview of the same, at the point indicated by the dotted line 3 3 in Fig.2 Fig. 4, an underside plan view of the counter wheels, in place,carried by the outer part or front wall of the casing,

as seen when looking in the direction indicated by the arrows from thedotted lines 4 4 in Fig. 3 Figs. '5 and 6, horizontal sectional views asseen when looking downwardly from the dotted lines 5 5 and 6,respectively, in Fig. 2; Fig. 7, a detail sectional view showing theengagement of the o erating pawl, as seen when looking in the directionindicated by the arrows from the dotted line 7 7 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 3,a top or plan view of the tally and the means by which it is attached tothe elevator tube or leg, as seen when looking downwardly from thedotted line S 3 in l.

The separator 21, elevator' 22, cross-conveyer 23, weigher 24, and theiradjacent parts may be of any desired character, as my present inventionrelates wholly to the tally box or re istering device, and means ofattaching and operating same.

The frame or casing of my improved counter consists essentially of abottom plate 3l and a front wall or top plate 32, said two parts beingusually connected together by screws or bolts 33, as best shown in Fig.3. One of these walls or plates (they are shown Specication of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial N0. 346,303.

on the iront plate 32) has projections 34 upon which the counter wheelsare mounted, and which serve as shafts for said wheels. Said projectionsextend to and are in contact with the plate 3l when the parts areassembled. These projections 34 extend from the bottoms or annularrecesses formed within extending hub-like portions 32 on the front plate32, and within said recesses I place coiled springs 35 which'urge thetally wheels toward the plate 31. If the standards 34 were on the bottomplate 31 se arate kee ers (orn washer-like form) would e desirable. Thefront plate 32 is also provided with sightorifices, through which thenumerals on the faces of the counter wheels can be seen, as is bestshown in Fig. 2. The direction of rotation oi said wheels is indicatedby curved arrows on Figs. 2 and 4. Three counter wheels are shown inthis illustration, which is the usual number in devices of thischaracter, and permits a tallying or registering of numbers less than1,000. The wheel 4l is the units wheel the wheel 42 is the tens wheel,and the wheel 43 is the hundreds wheel.

The hub of the units wheel constitutes a bearing for an operating lever51, which carries a pawl 52, reierably formed of spring steel, (seeespecially Fig. 7), which engages with ratchet teeth formed on theunderside of the rim of said units wheel 4l. There are twenty oi' theseratchet teeth, `for a purpose which will presently be explained., andconsequently it takes twenty strokes of the lever to eiiect a completerevolution of said wheel. A limiting stop, as 53, should be providedupon an adjacent part to aid in setting the operating lever so that itshall not move the wheel 4l too far at a stroke. A projection 54 on theplate 3l extends up and engages with these same ratchet teeth, and thusholds the wheel 4l to each of the positions to which it is moved by thelever and pawl. The spring 35 holds the tally wheel down and maintainsthis engagement.

Upon the rim oi the wheel 41 is a tooth 45, and upon the adjacent rim oithe wheel 42 are ten corresponding teeth 46. As the tooth 45 passes anyone of the teeth 46 it operates to turn the wheel 42 one-tenth of arevolution.

The wheel 42 has, in a dillerent plane, a single tooth 47, and the wheel43 has, in they same plane as thentooth 47, ten corresponding teeth 48.Each time the single tooth 47 passes one of the teeth 48, it operates toturn the tally wheel 43 one-tenth of a revolution.

rl"he lower ends of the hubs of the wheels 42 and 43 have each tennotches. At points immediately alongside the parts 34, and adapted toregister with these notches, there are single projections 38 and 39 onthe plate 31. r1`hese projections engage with the notches, and hold thecounter wheels to an operative position. The springs 35 hold the wheelsinto engagement with these projections. The engagement, however, is ayielding one, and l therefore enabled to set this tally back to zero,promptly and easily, at any time, without taking the structure apart. ldo this by simply grasping the rims or edges of the counter wheels withthe lingers, and revolving them in the direction indicated by the arrowsuntil the cipher shows through the sight-oriiices in the wall or plate32. The yielding of the springs 35 permits this; and the sides o1" thestructure are left open at the points opposite the edges oi' the tallywheels for the purpose. This counter is operated, in the use for whichit has principally been designed, by means ci a rod 61 which passesthrough a suitable hole in the end of the lever 51 and has strikes 62and 63 secured thereto on opposite sides of said lever. As the stroke ofthe rod 61 is usually greater than the desired movement of the lever 51these strikes are positioned a little distance apart, accordingly. Therod 61 is operated from a vibrating part of the wei hermechanism-usually the weigher buc et-gate operating-lever 25, as shownin Fig. 1. 1n some cases it may be desirable to have the rod 61positioned on the opposite side of the tally from that shown in VFigs. 1and 2. This can be provided for by making the lever 51 a double-armedlever, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. Ordinarily, however, a single-armedlever, such as is shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 6, is all that is necessary.

Each of the counter wheels has inscribed on its surface near its rim,the ten numerals, 1 to 0 inclusive, as is customary in registeringdevices. On the units wheel 41 l also preferably place indicating marksat the points half way between the numerals. As previously stated, thereare twenty of the ratchet teeth by means of which this wheel isrevolved. 1n machines of the character in question (elevators andweighers for threshing machines) the bucket ol the weigher (24) iscustomarily made of a size which contains half a bushel. Ubviously it isdesirable that the register should indicate bushels. As the mechanismwhich operates the counter operates with the discharge of eachhalf-bushel, of course the initial or units wheel is given movementsaccordingly. That is, it is given one-twentieth instead of one-tenth ofa revolution at each movement of the rod 61, which is actuated by theweigher mechanism, as described. T he points between the numerals onthis wheel, therefore, indicate half bushels. That is to say: when oneof said points is visible through the sighteopening, the precedingnumber displayed should be read with the addition of one-half. By thiscounter, therefore, which is adapted to be moved by each movement of theweigher mechanism, the hall-bushels, as well as the bushels, can be keptaccount of.

The counter in useis designed to be secured to one leg or tube of theelevator. lt can be secured thereto at any point desired, so as to bringit into convenient position for observation. The means which l haveemployed to secure this counter in place are very simple; and consist ofa clip or U-bolt 71 which passes around the tube or elevator leg, asbest shown in Fig. 8, and engages with brackets or wings 72 on the baseor main part 81 of the tally-box casing. These brackets or wings form asaddle which lits nicely on to the tube or elevator leg; and, as will bereadily understood, the counter structure, as a whole, can be positionedat any desired point longitudinally thereof, or in any desiredcircumferential relation thereto. 0l course the operating rod 61 may beof any length, and the strikes 62 can be positioned thereon at anydesired point.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a counter, of a suitable casing, counter-wheels,shaft-like members contained within said casing to carry the counterwheels, the counter wheels and adjacent portions of the structure beingprovided with interengaging notches and proj ections, whereby thecounter wheels are held to moved position, and springs whereby thecounter wheels are yieldingly held into engagement with the adjacentportion of the structure.

2. The combination, in a counter, of a suitable casing provided withprojections forming shafts for the counter wheels, the counter wheels,other projections adapted to engage with notches in adjacent portions ofsaid wheels, and springs whereby the counter wheels are held into suchengagement, the casing being provided with openings adjacent to the rimsof the wheels whereby said wheels may be grasped and moved to a desiredposition by hand without disassembling the structure.

3. r)The combination, in a counter, of a suitable casing, counter wheelsmounted therein, said counter wheels and adjacent portions of thestructure being provided with interengaging surfaces, means lor rotatingthe counter wheels, and means operating transversely of the plane ofrotation for holding the interengaging surfaces normally intoengagement.

4. The combination` ina counter, of a suitable easing, counter Wheelsmounted therein, means for rotating the counter Wheels, said counterWheels being also movable transversely of the plane of rotatlon, and thesaid counter Wheels and adjacent parts being provided With interengagingsurfaces, the interenofaglng parts being s aced to normally hold thecounter Whees to the predetermined positions, but capable of permittingmovement of said Wheels as the registering progresses.

5. The combination, With an elevator, of a tally operable from theelevator mechanism and formed to fit upon one side o' the elevator legand having laterally-extending ears formed on the body thereof, and aU-bolt embracing the other side of said leg and having its endsextending through the ears on the tally body for securing said tally tosaid elevator leg.

6. The combination, in an elevator and Weigher, of a tally secured to aleg ol' the elevator and provided with an operating arm, a rodconnecting both to the Weighing mechanism and to said tally-operatingarm, and means for adiusting the attachment of said connecting rod.

7. The combination, in an elevator and Weigher, of a tally secured to aleg of the elevator and provided with an operating arm having a holetherein, a rod connected to the Weighing mechanism at one end andpassing through the hole in said tally-operating arm, and bearingcollars on opposite sides of said arm.

8. The combination, in an elevator and Weigher, of a tally secured to aleg of the elevator and )rovided With an operating arm having a holetherein, a rod connected to the Weighing mechanism at one end andpassing through the hole in said tallyoperating arm, and bearing collarson opposite sides of said arm, said collars being adjustablelongltudinally of said-rod and said tally being adjustablelongitudinally of the elevator leg, whereby said tally may be positionedat such point on the elevator as desired Without impairing the operatingmeans thereof.

ln Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal atIndianapolis, Indiana, this first day of December, A. D. one thousandnine hundred and six.

ERNEST K. HOOD.

Witnesses:

uEs'rER BRADFORD. TuoMAs W. MCMEANS.

